Abstract
Patients and methods A population –based prospective study comprising a screening questionnaire at the age of 13 (n=717, response rate – 81%) by interview and clinical examination of randomly selected 182 children from migraine headache and adolescents with no headache. The patients followed in a Outpatients Pediatric Neurology Clinic between January 2009 December 2011. Finally, at the age of 16 years, 132 (73%)/182 adolescents could be re-examined. We checked the male/female ratio, side of the pain, nature of the pain, vertigo and/or dizziness and daily appearance of attacks.
Highlights
The clinical picture of migraine in children was different from that in adolescents
The objective of the study was to examine factors which might contribute to an increase or decrease in headache frequency from the age of 13-16 years old
The patients followed in a Outpatients Pediatric Neurology Clinic between January 2009 December 2011
Summary
The objective of the study was to examine factors which might contribute to an increase or decrease in headache frequency from the age of 13-16 years old
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